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This movie is perfection. In terms of animation, storyline, plot development and emotional impact. Even hours after watching it, I still can't shake off the storm of emotions that the story of Mitsuha and Taki has stirred in me in a film that, to this day, I believe represents the pinnacle of Makoto Shinkai's career. A wonderfully romantic story, perfectly told, that captures you from the very first seconds without ever being cloying or redundant.

This is an awesome flawless movie you simply must watch, and you have to live it to understand that real cinematography and real storytelling are still alive and kicking. To those who still believe that animated movies are only for children and for never grown people.

Ok, there are some plothole here and there, and the writing of characters is all but perfect.

Anyway, if seen through childhood fears the story of Peter stands out for its eerie atmosphere and a wise use of the camera, exactly just like a dark, creepy fairy tale with a crescendo of unease and mistery.

The performances of Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr as Peter's parents are particularly effective and Boris direction is clean and solid in maintaining a spine-chilling atmosphere, although sometimes the movie may seem predictable.

In summary, Cobweb is an interesting horror film that, while recycling some genre clichés, manages to offer an engaging and well-executed story with particular attention to family dynamics and childhood fears.

Unfortunately, this movie is another proof that a star-studded cast (albeit at times uninspired - Ryan Gosling personally doesn't convince me as an action hero, Billy Bob Thornton is not at his usual level and Ana de Armas, always beautiful, still has much to prove), supported by excellent visual choreography, is not enough to make a good film when the plot is thin and underdeveloped.

It's a shame for Chris Evans, who delivers a really good performance as the psycho-villain in the context of a far-from-memorable film full of clichés of the action genre and overally a little boring, being a copycat of Jason Bourne and James Bond series.